Make 2010 the year of submitting your debut book manuscript. While first book prizes aren't the only option for emerging writers—there are plenty of opportunities out there that welcome published and unpublished writers—we've compiled a list of prizes to check out in the new year that include publication specifically of first books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Debut poetry book publication prizes are offered by:
ABZ Press
American Poetry Review
BOA Editions
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Cave Canem Foundation
Carolina Wren Press (This press's contest also accepts second book manuscripts.)
Cleveland State University
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
Elixir Press (This press's contest also accepts second book manuscripts.)
Fence Books (Open to women poets only; this press's contest also accepts second book manuscripts.)
Four Way Books
Kore Press (Open to women poets only.)
New Issues Poetry & Prose
Omnidawn Publishing (This press's contest also accepts second book manuscripts.)
Pavement Saw Press
Persea Books (Open to women poets only.)
Perugia Press (Open to women poets only; this press's contest also accepts second book manuscripts.)
Silverfish Review Press
Tupelo Press
University of Iowa Press
University of Pittsburgh Press
Wick Poetry Center
Yale University Press
Zone 3 Press
Debut fiction prizes are offered by:
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
James Jones Literary Society
Livingston Press
University of Iowa Press
A debut creative nonfiction book prize is offered by the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.
If your manuscript is still in progress, check out the Milton Center, which offers a fellowship to Christian writers to finish a first book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction, and the University of Wisconsin's Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships, which award three poets and three fiction writers a stipend and an academic year in residence to work on first collections or novels.
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Like it or not, contests are
Like it or not, contests are an integral part of America's poetry culture. An aspiring poet need only glance through Poets & Writers Magazine to discover a dizzying variety of contest listings, to say nothing of what he or she might find in the annual Poet's Market guidebook. Poets & Writers has produced numerous useful contest statistics as of late. According to their reports, 373 poets won legitimate contests of all kinds in 2004—while down from the previous year, this number still amounts to more winners than any one person could read.
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